Design with Care, Sitting with Love
Hospital waiting rooms are uncomfortable places for most, but they don't have to be that way. Recognizing that the immediate environment has profound effects on patients and their families, BC Cancer is working to improve their facilities by redesigning their waiting rooms. They're undertaking a project to add new seating that evokes warmth, provides ergonomic support, upholds hygienic standards, and allows patients and their loved ones to sit close together. The goal is to support patients and families both physically and emotionally through better design.
To realize the aims of this project, we were giving this opportunity by BC Cancer and tasked with designing comfortable, modular seating that also met the rigorous health and safety requirements for furniture in medical settings.
Materials
Finding appropriate hard and textile materials in order to meet the rigorous health and safety requirements for furniture in medical settings.
Heat treated wood & hospital grade fabric.
Upholstery Solution
>Need to be a highly durable, cleanable and impermeable seating upholstery,
>Medical grade protection: coating specifically formulated for intensive-use healthcare environments and infection control.
>Completely seals the surface of the upholstery to form a seamless moisture-proof barrier against liquids, pathogens, bed bugs and cleaning agents.
